Accept no substitute: Legal Business hits the iPad with the law app you’ve been waiting for
We take a sizeable step in the evolution of Legal Business today with the launch of a new iPad edition,…
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Comment: Hogan Lovells was right to get hitched. It needs to remember that
I’m not a big fan of comparing law firm mergers to marriages. All those torturous metaphors and incongruous imagery. But…
Comment: Say what you like, City practices taking on larger real estate is a good sign
If upgrading your square footage is any litmus test of how City firms feel about the future then a raft…
Guest post: What does thinking like a professional mean?
Ask yourself this question: do you think of yourself as a professional? For many readers of this blog, I suspect…
DISSENT: When the BlackBerrys light up: why firms neglect their culture
Former SJ Berwin head David Harrel argues that law firms delude themselves when it comes to their own values The…
Guest post: Quality in law – endlessly invoked yet never defined
Here’s a question that’s been bothering me of late – what, exactly, is a quality legal service? You’ll have noticed…
Comment: Things I would have said about the future of law if I hadn’t forgotten my notes
I was recently asked to speak on a panel debate for Georgetown Law at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s City office to…
It’s your profession – accept it, change it but be honest
There are plenty of editors who live on the conference circuit but I’ve never been one of them. Still, I…
The beta goes on – Legal Business gets a brand new site
Of the long list of changes I had in mind for Legal Business when I agreed to join the title…
Love the legacy but it’s time for renewal
Tony Angel and the cute teddy bear next to him greeted me as I found my new desk – a…
All hail the comeback kings
Two features this month focus on firms that have dusted themselves down and have come back fighting. For markedly different…
Dewey needs to take its head out of the sand
As LB was going to press, news emerged that Dewey & LeBoeuf was set to lose its recently acquired London…